A Vision of Eden: The Life and Work of Marianne North
by North, Marianne
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0906671183
- ISBN 13
- 9780906671184
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Exeter, England: Web & Bower Publishers in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. A one-volume edited and abridged edition of a work first published in 1893; some edge wear to boards and dust jacket; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; well illustrated with full colour reproductions of botanical paintings..
Synopsis
From the DJ: "A Vision of Eden, the first collection in book form of Marianne North's fabulously detailed and exotic botanical paintings, also contans excerpts from her autobiography and vivid travel memoirs.... North, who usually traveled alone during the late nineteenth century, was a pioneer both in terms of her lush and wildly colorful artistic style and in the scope of her farflung journeys.."
Reviews
On Feb 4 2020, a reader said:
a very interesting tale and a wonderful art wotk
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hourglass Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006922
- Title
- A Vision of Eden: The Life and Work of Marianne North
- Author
- North, Marianne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0906671183
- ISBN 13
- 9780906671184
- Publisher
- Web & Bower Publishers in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew
- Place of Publication
- Exeter, England
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Botanical Artists - Great Britain
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